Shamiso Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Shamiso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 97 | 1:159,157 | 19,937 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shamiso (16,287) may also be a first name.
Shamiso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamiso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamiso is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamiso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,795,579th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shamiso live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 43,881st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 16,287 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 159,157. In Zimbabwe Shamiso is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 54 percent live, Midlands Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 10 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Shamiso occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in China, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shamiso
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